Darwinian Awards

My five years of marriage to Elliot Kline turned out to be a cruel joke. "For tomorrow's monthly report meeting, I'd like Yvette to present your branding plan," Elliot said, not looking up from his desk. I put down the files I was organizing, certain I had misheard. "What?" "Yvette just joined the company. She needs a chance to prove herself. Your plan is perfect for that." He lifted his head, his tone brooking no argument. "But that's my entry for the Veriania Creative Competition," I protested. "You win awards every year. What's the harm in letting her have it this time?" He shrugged, adding, "We need to nurture new talent." I stared at the man with whom I had shared a bed for five years. His face suddenly felt so unfamiliar to me. "Do you know how many sleepless nights I poured into that plan? And you're giving it to a new intern?" "Don't be so petty. It's just a plan. My decision is made." My fists clenched, anger surging through me.

All because his first love, Luna Harper, needed test subjects for her drug research, Jake Bertrand sent me to a mental hospital when I was pregnant just so I could serve as an experiment subject for her. I was electroshocked until I drooled and convulsed, but he simply covered his first love’s eyes in disgust, saying, “What filth. Don’t look.” Thanks to the results of this experiment, Luna received a nomination for an award, and he lit up the entire city with fireworks to celebrate her success. Meanwhile, during the freezing winter night under the dazzling fireworks, I gave birth to a deformed male fetus. The child cried just once before passing away. Numbly, I placed the stillborn into a freezing chamber. Seven days later, at the awards ceremony for Luna, it would appear in Jake’s hands as a gift.

Khyfer Casteliogne - the world's hottest billionaire bachelor architect and one of the (4) European youngest billionaires and who is being famous for winning numerous prestigious awards in the field of Architecture, which made him the greatest architect in this 21st century and hailed as the world-renowned architect of all time. As he establishes his own company and proves that he has succeeded his wicked father in the business world, an event will change his life. For one intimate and passionate pleasure over the Grand Hotel de la Minerve, The present will shock his darkest past. A past which is riddled with secrets that would undoubtedly ruin his life and cause him to lose the only lady he has loved for a long time. Pasts that are related to his friendship with the brother of the woman with whom he slept with that night in Italy. The unexpected stranger turned out to be the only woman he'd ever loved. He knows that the secrets he encased in the darkest part of the hell pit will undoubtedly destroy the woman's sanity and cause her to avoid and despise him forever. Susubukin ng isang hindi malilimutang gabing namagitan sa kanila ang mga damdaming matagal nang nakakubli sa likod ng kanilang mga pusong naging sing tigas ng bato dahil sa mga pangyayaring napagdaanan nila sa nakaraan. Their intimacy and love connection will be their strength to look back to their past then untangled the web of secrets and lies before facing the future with acceptance and peace. Will he take the risk? Will she take the lies? ---------- ONE NIGHT PLEASURE European Billionaire Bachelor Series Book 1 Hreint | Kaethy GS

"I love you." She blurted out, eyes wide, filled with unshed tears as they both stared at each other. "I love you and I know you know that so please don't say what happened was a mistake or that you're leaving me." Her cracked at the last statement. "Don't destroy us." She moved closer to him, putting a gentle hand on his arm. He lifted his gaze to hers and she feared whatever it is he was going to say the way his eyes looked. They've never looked so....empty. "Darling, there is nothing to destroy if there was nothing to ever break. There was never an us Idalia." He stated venom lacing his words. "What?" Her voice cracked "Whatever happened between us was a mistake. I regret it." Her face crumpled as her hand dropped from his arm, putting space between them. "Don't say that." "Just leave Idalia." He turned his back to awards her and continued stuffing clothes into his bag. After some time, "Okay." She nodded her head in understanding, wiping her tears, trying to stop the already flowing tears. Glancing at him one more time, she walked out of his room. When Idalia Bianchi confesses her love to Ivan Volklov, her best friend and the heir to the Italian mafia, he does not reciprocate the feeling. Years after walking out of the room of the one she loves, he is back in her life. Her brother's best friend. It’s finally time for her to find a husband and according to her family tradition it has to be an arranged marriage and what better and safer match for her than a member of the Italian mafia. Even though there is already an alliance between the families, a marriage makes it more "sophisticated", like her father says.

✨✨✨✨✨FREE 18+✨✨✨✨✨ (A bad boy President and a girl from the orphanage met for the first time.) Li Yin is a Mafia boss in his country, he owns a large shipment and multiple businesses in an urban areas. He is known as the BLACK SHEEP to their family as he always break all the rules, and never shows remorse even when one of his family members dies. No one dares to messes with him, even though his family because in just one look, people surely beg for their life. Whilst, Aida Salazar is a Filipina who came from an orphanage, and who never knew her parents were. Nevertheless, she knows how to show courtesy to everyone. She got adopted when she was 7 years old by a rich Filipino couple. Luck is her friend as she always gets compliments, awards, and wins in every contest and games she joins, which made her younger sister, Lian, get jealous of her. Soon, an unexpected thing will happen that makes their life intertwine with each other. Will she still be consider lucky when she chose to have a deal with the Black Sheep? --- Come and let's find out what's gonna happen to their lives!

For six years after their marriage, Miranda Stone devoted herself wholeheartedly to being Mrs. Gibson. She only found out later that while he was abroad, Felix Gibson had been secretly keeping his first love by his side. Miranda had once believed that even the coldest heart would eventually warm if she just loved hard enough. But that belief shattered the day his beloved first love won an international award and threw a lavish celebration—while their daughter was being wheeled into a freezing cold operating room. That was the moment Miranda finally woke up. She took back her worthless love, filed for divorce, and walked away with her daughter without ever looking back. Once she picked up her career again, the woman who used to be a stay-at-home wife transformed into one of the most sought-after experts in the medical field. Her research papers were published in top international journals. Her breakthroughs won prestigious awards across countries. When she stepped back into the spotlight, glowing with confidence and ready to give herself another chance at happiness, the man who had always held himself above everyone else—so composed and restrained—finally broke. He lost it completely. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse with desperation. He dropped to his knees in front of her, pleading like a man who had lost everything. “Mira, please don’t leave me.”